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On 24 October 2001, Sony threatened legal action against the site aibohack.com for allegedly violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by posting add-ons to Sony's Aibo software on his site.

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• Aibo Custom Code Pulled from Website

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1495
  "Complaints from Sony have led to the removal from the web of unauthorised computer programs that teach the Aibo robot dog to perform new tricks. However, the move has upset many Aibo enthusiasts." By Will Knight. [New Scientist]

• Aibo-Life: Open Letter to Sony

  http://www.aibo-life.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000390.html
  Angry letter to Sony and comments.

• AiboPet's Reborn Site

  http://www.aibohack.com/
  Former developer and distributor of software to extend the Aibo's capabilities.

• GoPetition: Get aibohack.com Back Online

  http://gopetition.com/info.php?petid=524
  Petition to Sony to allow Aibopet to continue to produce value adding software for the Sony Aibo, and to allow him to distribute his software freely on www.aibohack.com.

• Lumen: No New Tricks for Robot Dog

  https://www.lumendatabase.org/notices/85
  Analysis of Sony's cease-and-desist letter to aibopet.com/aibohack.com.

• Pet Robot Owners Mad at Sony for Challenging Free Software

  http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech/200111/msg00010.html
  "Many owners of the world's most sophisticated robot pet, the cuddly Aibo, are growling at Sony Corp. over its demand that a Web site stop distributing free software that teaches the machine new tricks." By Yuri Kageyama. [Associated Press]

• Robotics Enthusiast Forced to Pull Aibo-altering Code

  http://www.zdnet.com/article/robotics-enthusiast-forced-to-pull-aibo-altering-code/
  "Sony has forced the removal of programs that changed the behaviour of its Aibo robot, such as giving it the power to dance along to music." By Graeme Wearden. [ZDNet UK]

• Sony Shoos Away Robot-dog Hackers

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-275261.html
  "The robotics community is unhappy about the company's efforts to clamp down on customized Aibo behavior." By Graeme Wearden. [CNet]

• Sony Tightens Leash on Its Robotic Dog

  http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05AIBO.html
  "The Sony Corporation, invoking a controversial copyright law, has cracked down on disco dancing by Aibo, the company's robotic dog." By Amy Harmon. [NY Times] [Free registration required.]

• Sony Uses DMCA To Shut Down Aibo Hack Site

  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/28/005233
  "Victor Matsuda, Vice President of Sony's Entertain Robot America (makers of AIBO), sent a letter to Aibopet.com citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." News and reader discussion. [Slashdot]

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